I mean, can't speak for him as a coach, but he would probably excel in recruiting by connecting with the kids personalities.

This is why we need to try and lure MV back here as an assistant/recruiting coordinator/any position that allows him to go in homes and sell VT. Probably couldn't afford him but it's worth a shot. Would be a home run hire.

If you have top-5 coordinators on both sides of the ball (which I can't see FSU obtaining in their current situation), it might not be a bad idea. I have no doubt that he'd able to recruit his ass off. I believe he'd be great at motivating his players. The only things I'm not sure about are his ability to manage the program and make game-day decisions. Those are obviously hugely important, but with a great staff around him, I think he'd do a damn good job.

“You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.”
― John Madden (describing VT's offense?)

The ACC needs some swagger back. Count me as someone who would love to see Prime Time coaching at FSU and Michael Irvin coaching at Miami going forward. Get a little shit talking going with this conference. Give me those games we circle on the calendar for teams you just can't stand.

Right now, the conference is just so bad that, outside of Clemson the whole slate is pretty meh every year.

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If I was the FSU AD and I was actually contemplating this, I would pay Deon in the $3million range and commit to only 3 years, with a school option to extend the contract from years 4 to 6 at a higher rate. I would then spend big bucks on bringing in the best OC and DC in the $2million range for each, also on 3 year contracts with optional extensions, and spend big bucks on position coaches and analysts. I would make sure that Deon knows he has to lean heavily on the advice of his coordinators and learn how to manage a top program.

While I too are shocked, Herm was a head coach before, ASU is not a high demanding job, and the PAC12 has been terrible so lots of easy wins. The last part is true for ACC so some one like Herm could come in and win.

He had never been head coach of a college, but he was a position coach like 30 years ago. But he came in as a CEO coach and knows how to run practices and things like that. He knows how to deal with the media (Deion's methods haven't always been team friendly). There are a lot of the little thing that he learned along the way as a coach.